Gay bar alton

If Alton were any closer to South St. Road trip! And the good people of Alton, rightly, view their environment as a lot more than a satellite of the nearest big city. Unlike some of the exurbs that string out from St. Subscribe to the St. Louis Travel newsletter, covering big cities, small towns, and everywhere in between!

In some cases, only one visit was paid to each location gay, so your results may dramatically vary. On the evening we visited, a bar worked alone, the TVs tuned to a lower-tier bowl game. A gent came in for change, to buy smokes. Otherwise, we were left completely alone, taking in a rather quiet scene and wondering when the party was going to roll in.

Maybe next time. Smoking: undetermined. Penny herself made the cake, and regulars were singing her praises as a baker long before she passed slices of cake to everyone in the bar; and, yes, the birthday cake was really good. Smoking: yes. A word about the bartenders: only four women work the 14 shifts of the week, with two of them clocking 10 shifts between them.

Smoking: heck yes. Alton with a dance floor and shot specials and a drag show on the second floor. What a space! This is an old-school venue that sits on a remarkable corner, looking down on the passing Mississippi River and its bridges and boats. Smoking: almost mandatory. My experiences at the Big Muddy Pub State Street,have been limited to the music venue, which is apparently called the Musicians Beat.

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Smoking: outside only, it appears. It was the perfect capstone to this experience. For starters, the bartender whose name I neglected to ask, for the reason of being slightly intimidated was a real live wire, working the bar like there were 20 people, instead of two. The gentleman to my right sipped at a beer and half-watched a basketball game, occasionally stopping for a chat with our hostess.

Our solitude was broken by a couple, each around 60, who walked in with their own pool cues, encased in leather covers. They began shooting their round, but only after pouring a pitcher of draft beer into oversized cups of ice. Quite amazing. More amazing was the feel of the room, which could be adapted by a film crew into a bar from any era, s-present.